I’ve had the lyrics to ‘Soft Kitty‘ stuck in my head all day. Not really that surprising given that the last few months have been devoted to watching the first and second seasons of The Big Bang Theory. I cannot stress how much we love Sheldon et al. I started dipping into BBT last season [...]
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I heart Sheldon Cooper (and my Sheldon-lite)
Posted: 10/19/2011 in televisionTags: sheldon, sheldon-lite, the big bang theory
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Terra No(va) Thanks
Posted: 10/14/2011 in televisionTags: jason o'mara, shelley conn, television, Terra Nova, The Good Wife
It’s never a good sign when I forgot to set the DVR for a show – surely a strong indication that I can live without it because the story/characters aren’t compelling enough to register as a blip on my short-term memory. Yeah, yeah I know there is a nifty little thing called a Season Pass [...]
What I am watching this fall
Posted: 09/21/2011 in televisionTags: a gifted man, anthony bourdain, Body of Proof, castle, Chuck, Fringe, grimm, homeland, house, Jeri Ryan, Maria Bello, ncis, once upon a time, Person of Interest, Prime Suspect, supernatural, television, Terra Nova, the big bang theory, The Good Wife, the mentalist, Tom Chef, tv
Monday Season Pass: House Episode by Episode Probation: Terra Nova Guilty Secret: Castle I really hope that this is the final season of House. Please let it end so that we can all be released from this endless cycle of abuse – Cuddy managed to escape why not us? The premise of Terra Nova looks [...]
Netflixia: August
Posted: 09/08/2011 in films, televisionTags: a private function, bride and prejudice, castle, films, i capture the castle, maybe baby, netflix, netflix instant, possession, stephen fry in america, the big bang theory, the glades, the good guys, Top Shot, tv, valentine's day, weather girl, you again
DVDs: Bride and Prejudice: A Bollywood take on Austen’s Pride and Prejudice with lots of dancing and singing. Austen is a perfect fit for an Indian make over, and I think I prefer it to the monsterification which is the latest trend for Austen’s work. It’s a definite improvement on the Joe Wright – Keira [...]
Netflixia: July
Posted: 08/24/2011 in films, televisionTags: america's sweethearts, art & copy, battle: lost angeles, blue crush, blue juice, coupling, duncan jones, Farscape, films, firefly, how do you know, just go with it, leverage, macross, mamma mia, moon, netflix, netflix instant, nights in rodanthe, No Reservations, sherlock holmers, source code, Sports Night, television, the adjustment bureau, tv, unknown
Since my monthly Netflix payment is going up, and I need a push to review the stuff I’ve seen I figure that a monthly review is a good way of making sure I am still getting value for money from Netflix. DVDs: Nights in Rodanthe – Awful, awful film. It’s all about “old” people finding [...]
Dear Syfy, you are not breaking my heart again
Posted: 08/12/2011 in televisionTags: Eureka, save eureka, sci-fi, syfy, television
Oh Syfy, you’ve managed to go and do it again haven’t you? Broken my heart but this time it’s for the last time (unless you team up with Ronald D. Moore again). Caprica and Stargate: Universe were cancelled because there weren’t enough people watching them, and now Eureka got the chop because even though there [...]
A double serving of El Bulli
Posted: 08/04/2011 in food, television, UncategorizedTags: anthony bourdain, chef ferran, cooking in progress, el bulli, gastro-porn, molecular gastronomy, No Reservations, spin rite
Oh I wish that I was blogging about eating at El Bulli rather than just watching documentaries about it but since Chef Ferran has now closed its doors for good it’s all we got. For our first dose of El Bulli Alex and I watched the documentary ‘El Bulli – Cooking in Progress’ which followed [...]
Summer TV Update
Posted: 07/26/2011 in televisionTags: Alphas, Aurelio Zen, burn notice, Covert Affairs, Eureka, Haven, royal pains, summer TV, tv, usa network, Warehouse 13, white collar, Zen
I am still a devotee to USA Network, and enjoying White Collar, Covert Affairs, Burn Notice and Royal Pains. They are all very silly: rat pack con man helping out the FBI, ex-Coyote Ugly gal spies for the CIA with her blind side-kick, burnt spy sets up A-Team in Miami, and doctor makes house calls [...]
Why I (still) love Netflix
Posted: 07/18/2011 in films, televisionTags: Apple TV, films, netflix, netflix instant, Netflix price increase, No Reservations, star trek, Top Shot, tv
Like most people I am not a fan of price hikes. Every time I book a flight back to the UK I weep for days because I remember the time when I could fly there AND back for less than $400 (and you wouldn’t land hungry). But, there is not much I can do as [...]
Summer TV
Posted: 06/07/2011 in televisionTags: Alphas, battlestar galactica, bbc, bbc america, BSG, Covert Affairs, Eureka, Falling Skies, Haven, leverage, Masterpiece Mystery, Outcasts, pbs, royal pains, Starz, television, TNT, Torchwood, usa network, white collar, Zen
Between Alex starting a new job, and my inability to be on my feet for any length of time I think it’s safe to say that we’ll be having a pretty quiet summer. Netflix, TV and air conditioning will feature heavily (as will iced coffee, cake and swollen ankles) but given that once our little [...]
